1976 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1976 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the Ivy League during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. In its second and final season under head coach George Seifert, the Big Red compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored 177 to 109. Team captains were chosen on a game-by-game basis,^[1] and home games were played on campus at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

1976 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	2–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	George Seifert (2nd season)
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ← 1975 1977 →

1976 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Brown +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Harvard	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Columbia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Princeton	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

Cornell's 2–5 conference record placed it in a four-way tie for fifth place, at the bottom of the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 131 to 75 by Ivy opponents.^[2]

With an overall record of 3–15 (.167), Seifert was fired days after the final game,^[3] a 31–13 win over Penn,^[4] and returned to Stanford as the defensive backs coach under new head coach Bill Walsh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–3	14,000	[5]
September 25	Colgate*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 20–25	10,000	[6]
October 2	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 14–21	16,000	[7]
October 9	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 9–3	8,000	[8]
October 16	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 12–28	12,000	[9]
October 23	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–35	11,000	[10]
October 30	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 6–14	22,519	[11]
November 6	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 17–35	5,120	[12]
November 13	Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 31–13	9,000	[4][13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming